Lisa Murkowski

How has this additional FIA funding been distributed to the regional programs and the States?

Well, let us do that because I think it has been made clear what the operators need, what they want.

My concern is it is not just the Dahlstroms. It is a whole economy in southeastern Alaska that has been just kind of pushed over the edge.

So this is one of those reasons that I support the creation of a cap adjustment as long as it is fiscally responsible and accompanied by what we would consider to be meaningful forest reforms.

But Mr. Dahlstrom has to get to that time period when this is all happening, because right now he can get Viking Lumber through next year.

So why not take some of that money that you are allocating towards LWCF and put it towards that?

I am disappointed we did not get a disaster cap adjustment, but we did provide the additional resources.

Let me turn to Senator Udall.

But does that not take money and staff to prepare all that and you are just going to hope maybe that--

There is not going to be anyone to walk over that bridge. I mean, this is--you have got all the right buzz words, transition, bridge timber.

You know, quite honestly, on the Federal side people are just giving up on you.

I want to know that we have funding in place. I want to know that we are going to be able to complete this.

How much are you counting on the State for funding for?

You have to understand the frustration of so many of us that at a time when we cannot take care of the lands that we have, we are going to spend more dollars to bring more into that account.

I would like to urge you, Senator Murkowski, to vote against the Trans Pacific Partnership which would shift many of our jobs overseas, drive down wages and impede our government's ability to enact policies needed to sustainably develop…

This is where the world is headed, and Alaska is extremely well-positioned to lead it with abundant renewable resources.

We need to fund renewables and to transition our workforce up to then to work in that field.

Senator Murkowski has been a vocal advocate of cleaning up NPRA from damages inflicted by the Federal Government over the last 60 plus years and it's finally happening.

At the same time federal agencies have generally become less cooperative, less willing to work with us to get to 'yes,' and instead start and stay at 'no.'

The Federal Government has made commercial production all but impossible in the offshore Arctic.

Tens of millions of acres of our lands and waters have been unilaterally withdrawn in recent years, against our strongest objections, and in my view, oftentimes in violation of the law.

Really our hardest task is not in finding the resources or developing the know-how or recruiting the manpower needed to responsibly produce them.

We are extremely grateful for the support members of this subcommittee and other conservation leaders in Congress have shown for Federal conservation programs during these challenging fiscal times.

We look forward to working with Congress in 2016 to accomplish this goal and appreciate your consideration of our requests.

It is important to understand that our communities are currently facing a massive increase in wildfires, riverbank erosions, spring flooding...